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Citrus, Fruit trees, Microclimates

North Florida Key Limes!

The Key limes are back in season, even though everyone knows it’s totally impossible to grow them in North Florida:…
Books

Last Chance to get “Create Your Own Florida Food Forest” for Free

This is just a quick note to let you all know that my book Create Your Own Florida Food Forest…
Composting

Reduce Your Trash By 50%

What if you could cut your household waste in half… before you even recycled a single can? According to a…
Fruit trees, Grafting

Easy Grafting for Easy Fruit

When I was a little kid and read about grafting for the first time in the book Florida Gardening, I…
Books

A New Homesteading Site, An Anniversary and Book Updates

Before we get into the book stuff, I saw last night that my friend Steven from the Turkeysong Experimental Homestead…
Books

Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening is HERE!

Go here and get it! Yes, I may be a LITTLE excited. This book took me years of testing…
Books, Florida gardening, Food Forest

Create Your Own Florida Food Forest FREE DOWNLOAD / One More Day to Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening

Coming this Tuesday, Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening: The Secret to Growing Piles of Food in the Sunshine State will…
Garden design

Start Your Spring Garden Now

As the main growing season winds down and fall gardens are being planted across much of the country, you might…
Beans, Crops, Food Forest, Nitrogen-fixers

Velvet Beans: A Natural Testosterone Booster

If you’re looking for a natural testosterone booster that will raise your sense of well-being and give you extra energy……
Bananas, Food Forest, Fruit trees

Thai Black Banana Fruit!

Looks like I may get some Thai Black banana fruit this year: It’s a little late in the year so…
Chinese water chestnuts, Garden design, Illegal gardening, Malanga, Ponds, Water chestnuts, Yacon

Easy-To-Grow Aquatic Vegetables for Your Water Garden

Last week I was asked to write up an aquatic vegetable list for a water garden/hot tub pond. Let’s take…
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This morning’s program – the video!

Here I am on WOCA. I was running late but we had a great time.